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The great wealth tax debate

A wealth tax is no panacea to reduce inequality. But absent a better alternative, it can serve as a good second-best policy

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How to finance a Global Green New Deal

Private capital has failed to fight the climate crisis. It's time to rehabilitate public investment — and coordinate it globally

By Richard Kozul-Wright

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The Manchester revolution

Paul Mason reimagines the Manchester of his birth in a postcapitalist age — and raises the challenge of getting there

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Mind the representation gap

In Latin America, most citizens don't feel represented by the political class. Now, their dissatisfaction has turned into unrest

By Svenja Blanke and Valeska Hesse

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The day the Trump boom died

Last spring, Trump thought he had a clear path to re-election: the booming economy. What a difference a few months make

By Paul Krugman

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Economics' tribal thinking

During the last four decades, mainstream economists and politicians have become intellectually isolated. This needs to end

By Jayati Ghosh

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'That depends on your politics!'

Non-members elect the party leader: YouGov's Marcus Roberts on whether the UK Labour Party's experiment worked out

By Marcus Roberts

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Is it time to ban political advertising on Facebook?

‘Free speech’ is not a licence for politicians to lie — and for such lies to be amplified by ‘social media’

By Karin Pettersson

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Can Uruguay resist Latin America's authoritarian reflex?

After the upcoming elections, the continent's showpiece left-wing alliance Frente Amplio might not be governing anymore

By Sebastian Sperling

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Africa’s future will be decided in its cities

Increasingly, Africa’s growing cities are becoming the site of changing socio-political struggles for public goods

By Henrik Maihack